loup-vaillant

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by loup-vaillant 9y ago
The problem is, the following code doesn't work: sv ge_scalarmult(ge *p, const ge *q, const u8 scalar[32]) { // convert q to montgomery format fe x1, y1, z1, x2, z2, x3, z3, t1, t2, t3, t4; fe_sub(z1,
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by loup-vaillant 9y ago
This looks nice. Too bad I care more about Montgomery and Twisted Edwards curves (everyone say curve255129 and edDSA are great, and I believe them). I'm looking for one thing, which I hope should speed up signature and verification
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by loup-vaillant 9y ago
Funny; for me, the abstract version is exactly what I need. And the answer pops out almost immediately: B <= C or D <= A (Assuming A <= B and C <= D, for which I may ask the interviewer about.)
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by loup-vaillant 9y ago
The initial design severely limits the improvements you talk about. Sure, you can add better stuff like the === operator, but the crappy old == is still there. However stellar a work TC39 has done, they cannot fix the language without br
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by loup-vaillant 9y ago
Give me an example of a correct program you actually want to write, that a decent static type system. I do have examples of correct programs that almost no static type checker will accept, but I don't want to write those programs. For
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by loup-vaillant 9y ago
> The problem I have with static typing (as widely implemented) Mainstream type systems are best ignored. If it doesn't have sum types, it's not a good type system. If it doesn't have generics, it's not a good typ
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by loup-vaillant 9y ago
If I had to guess, I would point out that JavaScript was originally hacked out in 10 days, and features a number of unforgivable flaws, such as a non-transitive equality operator, weird implicit conversions, or just plain trying to make sen
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by loup-vaillant 9y ago
Your comment sounded like this to me: > Yeah, you [DarkKomunalec] basically [use static typing to] make initial implementation easier at the expense of maintenance and debugging It was not clear that "Yeah" was an approva
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by loup-vaillant 9y ago
> at the expense of maintenance and debugging, Do you realize how insane that sounds? Static typing makes programs harder to debug? Harder to maintain?? On the contrary, static typing helps debugging and maintenance: changes that
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by loup-vaillant 9y ago
Forget about a small technical blogs with almost no multimedia content (just text and code). They're not the problem. Or maybe they are… One reason my web site is light is because of the scale issue. Think a mildly popular vlog , or b
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by loup-vaillant 9y ago
> Internet was a decentralized That's the key word: was . Now that the web has mostly eaten the internet, the network has been centred around a few nodes. And we still have the asymmetric bandwidth that is the primary driver of
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by loup-vaillant 9y ago
> Maybe he's been a sexist asshole at times. The flesh is weak, no doubt. But I don't get how that can be a criticism of Wikileaks. That's the halo effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_effect A
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by loup-vaillant 9y ago
> once he was stuck in the embassy, he left himself vulnerable to being manipulated by the Russians Err, how? Does Ecuador have good relations with Russia or something?
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by loup-vaillant 9y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutocracy
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Meeting Snowden [video](sites.arte.tv)
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by loup-vaillant 9y ago
I do intend to "just use semver". I was just hoping this article would give me something more.
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by loup-vaillant 9y ago
This article isn't even about semantic versioning. It is exclusively about web API design and versioning, and the web doesn't interest me. API used to mean headers, types, Java interfaces… stuff programmers use to link code toget
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by loup-vaillant 9y ago
I know the curriculum is full. This is why I proposed we remove other stuff. I do not propose we teach actual programming to kids. Just the fundamentals of computational thinking, for which an introduction to programming may work really we
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by loup-vaillant 9y ago
The reason for our privilege, I think, comes from the abysmal education the "regular user" is getting. At school, pupils are taught Microsoft Word most often, and LibreOffice at best . They know nothing but WYSIWYG and separated
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by loup-vaillant 9y ago
Great, I was wondering how to version my library once I reach 1.0. > 3: RESTful. It should speak the language of HTTP verbs: GET, PUT, POST, PATCH, UPDATE, DELETE. Oh, it was talking about web interfaces. Oh well.
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by loup-vaillant 9y ago
You can have it both ways: power the IDE with a futuristic power hungry beefy machine, and run the programs it produces on a throttled sandbox that match the slower target machines. I fear cheating would be too easy, though —just lift the r
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by loup-vaillant 9y ago
Short term thinking and selfishness are the hallmarks of children. Ignoring climate change so you and your friends can benefit in the short term is pretty selfish and short sighted. The use of "adult" here sounds accurate.
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by loup-vaillant 9y ago
A lot of good points, but not all of them feel valid. > not known by the security staff. They may just not care, or at least not make that a priority. If the dongle stuff was done just to comply to some norm or regulation, actual secur
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by loup-vaillant 9y ago
Depends on the expected magnitude of the effect. If small enough, you're still good. There are also ways to mitigate those effects, such as lurking only, never tag anything, use the "like" wisely… It's not just about sh
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by loup-vaillant 9y ago
> OK, there would be less commercial exploitation of our information, but that doesn't seem like your primary concern. I wouldn't be so sure. Ads make money for a reason. I'm not sure I want giant corporations to play
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by loup-vaillant 9y ago
I assumed your self-centred argument (your freedom, your needs…) stemmed from an oversight. I assumed you didn't know, or consider, the effect you have on others by using Facebook (specifically, giving up information about them, and s
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by loup-vaillant 9y ago
> Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. ¹ Yet this particular bit of information is too expensive to make accessible and useful. They have this giant correlation machine,
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by loup-vaillant 9y ago
Don't you get it? It's not just about you. It's about all around you . When you're using Facebook, you are doing 2 things: first, you reveal the personal information of everyone around you (bit by bit, each time you re
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by loup-vaillant 9y ago
People don't seem to realise the ecological harm (privacy wise) in using those services. They don't realise that by using those services, they not only harm their own privacy (which is their to shed), but also other's. The se
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by loup-vaillant 9y ago
My, I guess I wasn't pessimistic enough. I mean, a bunch of evil investors trying to squeeze money out of a company is one thing, but now you're telling me plain incompetence is enough? I guess we still have a long way to go befo

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